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HERMANN G. VIERKANT, TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.592,07 1, dated October19, 1897. Application filed April 6, 1897. Serial No. 631,004. (N0model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, HERMANN O. VIERKA'NT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Tarrytown, in the county of Westchester and State ofNew York, have invented certain new in coin-controlled vending-machines,and

more particularly to that class employed in vending newspapers,magazines, and periodicals; and the object is to simplify theconstruction and increase the efficiency of the same.

To these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference-numerals indicate'thesame parts of the invention. i

Figure 1 is afront elevation of my improved automatic vending-machine.Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, I Fig. 3 is a top plan View.Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line of the feed-shaft. Fig. 5is'an end elevation with the coin-lever in position to lock thefeedwheel. Fig. 6 shows the coin-lever tripped by the insertion of acoin to release the feedshaft. Fig. 7 is a similar View showing theposition of the hand-lever in the act of discharging a paper, andFigfSis' a longitudinal section on the line of the feed-shaft.

1 represents a rectangular case, which may be of any suitable size andshape to conform to the dimensions of the periodical on sale.

2 represents-a horizontal shelf fixed in the case, and upon which thearticles are placed. 3 represents-the movable front, which slides freelyin the grooves 4 4 in the vertical'front posts 5 5. This front 3 isprovided with a horizontal slot 6, extending across it the en- 9 9represent horizontal brackets secured bracket to limit its tiltingmovement.

, to the inside of the sliding front above the slot, and in thesebrackets is journaled the horizontal feed-shaft 10. 1:1 ll'representhubs fixed on said shaft, and they are provided with a series ofradiating. arms 12, pointed at their outer ends, the lowermost ones ofwhich rest upon the upper side of the top articles in the case, thepointed ends engaging the upper sheet or cover of the magazine withsufficient tension to move it forward through the slot when thefeed-shaft is rotated in the proper direction. One end of thisfeed-shaft extends through a vertical slot 13 in the side of the caseand through a journal 14 ma sliding plate 15, having a vertical movementin the parallel guides 1616, so that said plate will rise and fall inunison with the front 3. 17 represents a ratchet-wheel fixed on saidshaft outside of the plate 15, and '18 represents the horizontal coinlever fulcrumed in the bracket 19, fixed to the plate 15, and it isprovided with a pawl 20, which projects into the path of the teeth onthe ratchet 17. The outer end of the coin-lever 18 is formed with abifurcated arm 21, in which is suspended the dish-shaped coin-basket 22on the trunnions 23 23, so that while the basket normally hangs level onits trunnions, it may be tilted to discharge its contents as occasionrequires. 24 represents a limit-chain connecting one; edge of the basketwith the r V Asec 0nd chain 25 is' attached to the edge of the oppositeside of the basket, and its lower end is connected to the longer arm 26of a bellcrank lever 27, fulcrumed on a stud 28 on thebracket 19. Asmall cup-shaped receptacle 28 is fixed on the opposite end of thecoin-lever 18, and in the present instance the lever is so adjusted thata penny dropped in the basket 22 will tilt the lever to raise the pawl20 out of the path of the ratchet-wheel 17; but if. the price of thearticle on sale is two cents, one penny may be placed in the receptacle,where it remains. It is therefore evident that two pennies must bedropped in the basket before the lever will raise the pawl,

the ratehet-wheel17 first mentioned. A handlever 30 is also fulerumed onsaid feed-shaft between the two ratchet-wheels, and its longer arm isprovided with a spring-actuated pawl 31, arranged to engage the teeth011 the ratchet-wheel 29 and operate the feed-shaft when theratchet-wheel 17 is released by the pawl 20 on the coin-lever 1S.

represents the coin-chute, fixed to a vertical plate 33, secured at aright angle to the sliding plate 15, its front end communicating withthe coin-slot 3l in. said plate 33, and the rear end of this chuteinclines downward and terminates immediately above the coin-basket, itslower end being formed with a discharge-orifice 35, through which thecoin falls into the basket. The shorter arm 36 of the hand-lever isprovided with a lateral pin 37, which projects into the path of theshorter arm 38 on the bell-crank lever 27, and when the coin-lever hasbeen tripped by a coin in the basket, the last portion of the movementof the hand-lever causes the pin 37 to strike the arm 38 of thebell-crank lever,and,through the action of the chain 25, tilts thebasket to discharge the coin, as shown in Fig. 7. Upon releasing thehand-lever it is restored by gravity to its normal position, and thebasket being relieved of its weight allows the coin-lever to fall backso that its pawl 20 will engage the ratchet wheel 17 and lock the feedshaft against further manipulation until another coin is inserted in theslot to release it.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications, may be madeas clearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing fromthe spirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. Acoin-controlled vending-machine,comprising the feed-shaft, a seriesof feed-wheels fixed on said shaft, a ratchet-wheel fixed on said shaft,a coin'lever provided with a locking-pawl adapted to travel to and fromsaid ratchet wheel, a tilting coin receptacle mounted 011 said lever, asecond ratchet-wheel fixed on said feed-shaft, and a hand-lever mountedon said feed-shaft and adapted to simultaneously operate said feed-shaftand tilt said coin-receptacle to discharge its contents, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. A coin-controlled vending-maehine,comprising a fixed case, agravitating feed-shaft adapted to deliver a newspaper or analogousarticle of merchandise, a ratchet-wheel fixed 011 said shaft, acoin-lever traveling simultaneously with said feed-shaft and providedwith a locking-pawl projecting into the path of said ratchet-wheel, andmeans substantially as described for operating said coinlever,substantially as shown and described.

3. Acoin-controlled vending-machine,comprising a fixed case, avertically-sliding front provided with a horizontal delivery-slot, afeed-shaft mounted on said front and traveling with it, a ratehet-wheelfixed on said feedshaft, a coin-lever provided at one end with a tiltingcoin-receptacle and at the other with a locking-pawl adapted to beprojected into the path of said ratchet-wheel, and means substantiallyas described for operating said feed-shaft and simultaneously tiltingsaid basket as and for the purpose set forth.

at. In a coin-actuated vending-machine,ihc case 1 provided with theshelf 2, the verticallysliding front 3 provided with the horizontal slot(3, the brackets 9 9 fixed to said front, the feed-shaft 1O journaled insaidbrackets, the hubs 11 fixed on said shaft, and the radiating arms 12fixed in said hubs, the ratchet-wheel 17 fixed on said feed-shaft, thecoin-lever 18 fulcrumed in the bracket 19 fixed to movable plate andprovided with the locking-pawl 20 adapted to be projectedinto the pathof the teeth of said ratchet-wheel 17, a coinreceptacle 22 pivoted inthe inner end of said lever and a fixed cou nterbalancin g-receptaele 28at the outer end, the bell-crank lever 27 fulcrumed in the bracket 19and connected by the chain to the edge of said pivoted receptacle 22, incombination with the ratchetwheel 29 fixed on said shaft 10 and the handlever 30 fulcru med on said shaft and provided with a spring-actuatedpawl 31 engaging the teeth on said ratchet-wheel 29, and havingitsshorter arm 36 provided with a lateral pin 37 projecting into the pathof the arm 38 of the bell-crank lever 27, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

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Witnesses:

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